Chapter 250 The Essence of Healing... Part-1.

Chapter 250 The Essence of Healing... Part-1.

Infirmary, Cafeteria.

"Yeah... they were quite strong; I nearly lost a hand during battle..." (Rio)

"Hoh... so they were somehow able to hit you... with your amazing speed? D*mn! That's quite an amazing feat, I guess!..." (Link)

Rio didn't tell him that he purposely took the hit as he was testing out the effects of the spell.

The healers quickly restored all of them to full health after teleportation, and since it is already well past noon, this is the ideal time to eat some snacks and chill with the friends.

Thus, all six of them, including Ellie, came to the infirmary's cafeteria to have some snacks and drinks.

"But still, I am quite surprised that you were able to defeat two teams all by yourself... Meanwhile I was fooling around the whole time, ugh..." (Link)

Rio shook his head at Link and replied:

"You all kept the Elven team busy, that's why I wasn't interrupted mid-fight... Indirectly, we won it together..." (Rio)

A smile appeared on Link's face after hearing those words.

"Well, that princess is tough... during our fight, she was definitely holding back her full power... Although I didn't get the chance to use 'Dao rhythm' either, I am quite sure that she has some trump cards hidden too..." (Link)

Lia nodded her head and added:

"The elven team really had some skilled fighters, I fought with the three swordsman of their team, they had above average level of skill, if I didn't had Kai's blessings, it would have been a tough fight..." (Lia)

At Lia's words, Rio replied in his usual emotionless tone:

"Kai's blessings are a part of your own strength; there's no need to look down on yourself for using a power that clearly belongs to you..." (Rio)

Hearing Rio's words, Lia nodded her head and a smile appeared on her face.

'He saw through me, ugh...' (Lia)

Originally, Lia was quite distressed at the fact that she had to use Kai's powers to win, she was trying to hide her distress by keeping a normal face; but Rio saw through her façade in an instant.

All he needed were a few words to figure out the inner monologue of her mind.

"By the way, where's Riya? I haven't seen here anywhere since we came back..." (Lia)

Lia glanced at Link with a doubtful expression.

"Oh, I met that Elf queen earlier; she said that Riya would start her training right away... she likely took Riya away with her; I didn't even get to talk to Riya after coming back from the battle..." (Link)

"huh? Isn't the competition still going on? There's still a few hours before the team battle phase ends, Why did the queen come over so fast? Wasn't she sitting with the other SS-rankers earlier..." (Lia)

"Father did ask her to be Riya's mentor; I guess she knew that there wasn't enough time and wanted to start the training early..." (Link)

Rio nodded his head and said,

"The individual battle phase will be conducted tomorrow and after that, only the reward ceremony will be left... we don't have a lot of time left here; soon we will be going back home..." (Rio)

Just when Rio said that, Liam and Ellie came over with piles of snacks in their hands and placed them on the table.

Hearing Rio's words, Liam's expression turned disappointed.

"Ugh.. I want to stay in the Elven Empire for at least a month! This place is so good and nice!" (Liam)

"Who doesn't? But we have no choice either... you know that we have been out of the academy for our whole second year, right?" (Link)

"Yeah, we will likely need to concentrate on studies after this... more than half of the second year is already gone... we even skipped the mid-term exams because of this tournament..." (Lia)

This business is basically as good as dead; no healers bother with potion-making anymore nowadays.

Yes, healers can make potions too; it's just that potions are made in factories nowadays, so there's not much market for But talented people like Riya are different; she has vast knowledge when it comes to herbs and potion making.

"Whoa! Is that the 'Red Dragon Mist Petal'!? You have such rare things here!?" (Riya)

Syvis nodded her head and smiled at Riya who was jumping around like an excited bunny.

"This is just a small portion, I used to have a bigger garden... but those two muscle heads destroyed it! Tch!" (Syvis)

The more Riya looked at the garden, the more impressed she became. She stared at Syvis with shining eyes.

"So, when are we starting the training?" (Riya)

"Ah yes, we will do that too... but before that, I need to ask you a question..." (Syvis)

A look of doubt appeared on Riya's face; she wondered what question an SS-ranker will come up with.

"Yes... let me be clear, though... if you didn't answer the question in a limited time... You will never be able to leave this garden." (Syvis)

All of a sudden, the gentle and calm aura around Syvis became solemn and cold. She became distant and dangerous.

At that moment, Riya knew that Syvis was being serious with her. Syvis's serious face showed that Riya really need to pass the test; otherwise, she would never be able to leave this place.

A look of determination appeared in Riya's eyes.

"I see... you have the necessary determination already... then we don't need to go through too much trouble... we can directly skip to the question..." (Syvis)

If it were any other student, Syvis would have needed to use 'Shady tactics' to make them determined enough, but as Riya has already understood her own weakness, she didn't need any other external factor to give her a push.

"My question is simple: What do you think is the essence of healing?" (Syvis)

The temperature in the whole garden suddenly went a lot colder as Syvis displayed her aura of an SS-ranker.

Her words carried a lot of weight; those words alone were enough to make Riya feel confused and bewildered.

"There's no hurry; the time limit is the reward ceremony... you have to give me an answer before that... if you can't give me the answer until then... you will stay here in this garden as nutrition for these high-grade herbs..." (Syvis)

Riya gulped her saliva as she felt her throat become dry, She could feel the seriousness of this matter now.

"You know... the reason there's so few SS-rank healers in this world is because not even 1% of the healers all over the world can understand the essence of healing..." (Syvis)

"Show me if you have what the others don't; prove your ability through action..." (Syvis)

"Can you do it, lost sheep?" (Syvis)

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Author's Notes.

Yo! It's your beloved author here! It seems Riya is stuck in a tricky situation now, let's see how she solves this...

Would you have accepted Syvis's method of teaching?

1. Yes

2. No

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